8 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
20183 | So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
15201 | That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne [Prior,AN] |
20182 | The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
22899 | 'Thank goodness that's over' is not like 'thank goodness that happened on Friday' [Prior,AN] |